From this week’s parsha, Eikev, to Migilat Esther and Tehillim, Shoshana Polakoff, alumna of West Coast, Summer and NY NCSY Staff, criss-crosses chapters and verse to weave an incredible interpretation behind bentching, the blessing after eating bread, and how it can inspire action and chesed.
This week’s parsha, Maasei, goes into such detail about the route that the journey and encampment of the Jewish people took them as they traveled from Egypt to the Land of Israel. Why the 42 specific stops? Rabbi Judah Hulkower, an alumnus of West Coast NCSY, tells us that each location speaks to a different